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Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸
@entomoprofessor.bsky.social
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| 🔬Entomology researcher at @universidadoviedo.bsky.social | 🐝 PhD student | Topics: #taxonomy #pollinators #biodiversity #ecology #popgenetics #entomocollectionBOS |

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Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸 @entomoprofessor.bsky.social · May 17
New thread with #MothsofAsturias that I’ve stitched so far:
Reposted by Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸
10klepgenomes.bsky.social
(1/3) What is genome curation and why does it matter? 🧬 Manual curation is the final step after genome assembly and is essential for producing high-quality, chromosome-level #genomes. This finishing step ensures accuracy before genomes are released for #research use.

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Close-up of a Hi-C map
February 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Reposted by Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸
10klepgenomes.bsky.social
📢 Today marks the start of the 2nd Genome Curation Workshop, organised by #10kLepGenomes and @projectpsyche.bsky.social

From Feb 16–27, seventeen participants will learn how to interpret and edit Hi-C maps alongside senior curators at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Stay tuned for updates! 🦋🧬
Participants attending a talk on day one of the 2nd Genome Curation Workshop (Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Feb 16-17). The screen shows an image of Phalera bucephala alongside information about its genome. Mark Blaxter giving a talk during day one of the 2nd Genome Curation Workshop (Feb 16-27, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge).
February 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Reposted by Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸
gorizaola.bsky.social
Hoy, la televisión regional asturiana se hace eco de la falta de continuidad en la financiación de los trabajos de revisión y digitalización de la Colección Zoológica @universidadoviedo.bsky.social. Hemos tenido contactos, buenas palabras... pero la financiación sigue sin llegar.
February 13, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Reposted by Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸
gorizaola.bsky.social
Esto, del IG de los los Representantes de Estudiantes
de la Facultad de Biología @universidadoviedo.bsky.social , sobre @entomoprofessor.bsky.social. Algo muy parecido se podría decir de @erebiologa.bsky.social.
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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gorizaola.bsky.social
Se trata de una hembra capturada en Palencia en 1986... y que había pasado desapercibida hasta ahora. Un ejemplo más de la importancia de un buen trabajo de revisión y catalogación de las Colecciones Zoológicas, y de su papel esencial para conocer la diversidad biológica.
January 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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gorizaola.bsky.social
Hoy publicamos la primera cita para España del sírfido Anasimyia contracta, a partir de un ejemplar conservado en la Colección Entomológica @universidadoviedo.bsky.social. Con Pablo Aguado @entomoprofessor.bsky.social y @erebiologa.bsky.social

www.entomologica.es/publicacione...
January 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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alenasuchackova.bsky.social
Merry Christmas to all insect and moth lovers 🎄 @projectpsyche.bsky.social @10klepgenomes.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
entomoprofessor.bsky.social
Se me está quedando pequeña la pared 😱
December 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Reposted by Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸
irenevalmore.bsky.social
Hoy Carmen Martín Gaite cumple cien años. Murió hace 25, pero seguimos invocándola.

«Avanzo alegre y sola
en la exacta mañana
por el camino mío que he encontrado
aunque no haya salida».

#CarmenMartínGaite
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸
ascel.bsky.social
La presencia y participación de paisanos, aunque no vayan armados, colaborando con 13 Agentes del Principado en la batida que se ha desarrollado hoy en el Sellón (Asturies) es algo ilegal, indecente, y propio de la Edad Media. No te cabe ya ni un ápice de vergüenza @adrianbarbon.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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10klepgenomes.bsky.social
We couldn't agree more @alenasuchackova.bsky.social 😍
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
entomoprofessor.bsky.social
Dicho esto, aprovecho para recordar que el 26 de diciembre organizo con @punksagainstapartheid.noblogs.org.web.brid.gy en Oviedo, un bolo solidario para recaudar €€€ y enviar a la familia de Salam (en el link tenéis más info). Avérate y colabora!(chuffed.org/project/1364...)
Help the children of the mother Salam of Gaza
Salam H. Basheer
chuffed.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
entomoprofessor.bsky.social
Y así debería de ser SIEMPRE. No olvidéis que el genocidio sigue, a pesar del alto el fuego, y que la gente sigue siendo masacrada a diario y muriéndose de hambre. Hay que posicionarse y ya no vale ponerse de lado ante tal atrocidad. Dicho esto, PUXA PALESTINA LLIBRE.
cmhmaliani.bsky.social Carlos M Herrera @cmhmaliani.bsky.social · Nov 30
Acaba de llegarme una petición para que les revise un manuscrito a una revista científica de ISRAHELL. Para ellos la vida sigue igual, business as usual. Hay que recordarles que ya no y así será forever. Me voy a despachar a gusto.
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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gorizaola.bsky.social
🚨 HELP NEEDED!!!

Please, help us to evaluate how differences in aesthetic perception can affect the development of conservation strategies in #butterflies.

www.unveiling.eu/en_US/
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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projectpsyche.bsky.social
(1/5)Thrilled to announce our paper on #ProjectPsyche is out! 🦋We describe how we’ve generated 1000+ high-quality genomes for European Lepidoptera, providing an unprecedented resource for biodiversity, conservation, and evolutionary research.
#Genomics #Biodiversity
www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found in Europe. Here, we describe t...
www.cell.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Reposted by Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸
gorizaola.bsky.social
🦋 🧬 Feature review @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social: "Project Psyche @projectpsyche.bsky.social : reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe", with @erebiologa.bsky.social and @entomoprofessor.bsky.social from @universidadoviedo.bsky.social

www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe
Project Psyche is a transnational initiative to generate and study chromosome-level reference genomes of all ~11 000 species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) found in Europe. Here, we describe t...
www.cell.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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10klepgenomes.bsky.social
(1/4) 📣 Exciting news! 📣
The #10KLepGenomes COST Action has opened the second call for Short Term Scientific Missions #STSMs
Keep reading for all the details 👇
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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gorizaola.bsky.social
Esto es dentro de un rato en Oviedo. Si puedes no te pierdas a Mónica Doblas @entomoprofessor.bsky.social explicando por qué es una barbaridad el trampeo de avispón asiático que se desarrolla en la mayoría de sitios actualmente. Allí nos vemos!!!
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
entomoprofessor.bsky.social
Esto es el viernes!!!! @asbas.es
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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10klepgenomes.bsky.social
👇Check out this article about our work in the Italian Alps and Barcelona, where we’re studying moth and butterfly genomes as part of @projectpsyche.bsky.social ’s goal to sequence every species in Europe 🦋🧬

#10kLepGenomes #Genomics #Lepidoptera
spectrum.ieee.org IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · Nov 4
In July, our reporter traveled to the Italian Alps and to Barcelona, Spain, to observe researchers capturing moths and butterflies and then sequencing their genomes. It was all part of the most ambitious biology project ever: to sequence every species on Earth.
The Genome Revolution Takes Flight: Mapping the DNA of Europe’s Lepidoptera
An expedition in the Italian Alps unleashes advanced genome sequencing
spectrum.ieee.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Reposted by Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸
afojanguren.bsky.social
Me encontré un poco solo hablando sobre incendios, entre la llorada de no criminalizar a delincuentes y la falacia del término medio.
La otra arista en TPA a la carta, T.1 Cap. 18 - www.rtpa.es/video:La-otr...
TPA a la carta: La otra arista, del miércoles 05 de noviembre de 2025
=La otra arista : T.1 Cap. 18, capítulo del miércoles 05 de noviembre de 2025
www.rtpa.es
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Reposted by Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸
joanameier.bsky.social
Very happy about the article by Glenn Zorpette in IEEE Spectrum. He joined @projectpsyche.bsky.social during COST-funded @10klepgenomes.bsky.social fieldwork in Italy where we collected & preserved butterflies & moths for reference genomes @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, enjoyed learning & networking.
spectrum.ieee.org IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org · Nov 4
In July, our reporter traveled to the Italian Alps and to Barcelona, Spain, to observe researchers capturing moths and butterflies and then sequencing their genomes. It was all part of the most ambitious biology project ever: to sequence every species on Earth.
The Genome Revolution Takes Flight: Mapping the DNA of Europe’s Lepidoptera
An expedition in the Italian Alps unleashes advanced genome sequencing
spectrum.ieee.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Reposted by Mónica Doblas-Bajo | Entomologist (she/her) | 🇵🇸
afojanguren.bsky.social
¿Tiene sentido hablar de agrofascismo?
Podríamos examinar los 14 rasgos que propone Umberto Eco (basta uno para “hacer coagular una nebulosa fascista”). Yo veo bastantes más, usos tradicionales, enemigos urbanitas, héroes rurales, desprecio a la ciencia…
elpais.com/opinion/2025...
Fascistas
Los 14 indicadores del “fascismo eterno” que detalló Umberto Eco resuenan en el tablero global y permean a diario la conversación en las redes
elpais.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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petermulhair.bsky.social
Latest work out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social

We find the fly development gene bicoid is much older than previously thought (~20 million yrs older!) 🪰🧬

To pinpoint its origins we tackled the Diptera phylogeny, providing some resolution (many open questions remain).

🔗 tinyurl.com/2vyuevpy
Revised evolutionary relationships within Brachycera and the early origin of bicoid in flies
Mulhair et al. uncover a functional bicoid in non-cyclorrhaphan flies, pushing the gene's origin back by ∼20 million years. Reassessing the Diptera phylogeny using the largest dataset to date permits ...
www.cell.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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afojanguren.bsky.social
Este viernes en León, @robleshugo.bsky.social estará presentando su documental #LosSecretosdelDuendeAlado, con un coloquio sobre #incendios, #gestiónforestal y #conservacióndebosques. Lo que no oirás en el relato oficial.
October 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM